Loft 67 Cafe Kulim 居林

居林, 2009年, 我來到北方第一個居住的, 山邊小鎮.
人家說, 它甚麼都沒有.

然而我卻從它身上, 看到我所嚮往的點點滴滴.

住在居林, 到Hi-Tech Park上班, 用時七分鐘.
一路鳥語花香, 偶爾可見薄霧籠罩著山頭. 早上常看到摩多騎士在餵食路邊的猴子.

不遠處, 是綠油油的稻田. 開著車從居林來回大山腳, 一年里看著稻田耕種的變換,灌溉,插秧,青綠到橙黃...

食物便宜好吃. 餐室沒有華麗的衣裳, 但該有的都有.
購物中心, 是15年前峇株的The Store. 日常用品, 一樣不缺.

我愛上了居林.

在居林住了三年, 我離開了, 來到了槟城工作. 時時仍然想起居林的這些那些.

這幾年里, 居林發展了許多. 從原本新開的Giant, 到有了Tesco和McDonald.
雖然我並沒有喜歡, 卻深深地知道那是必然的變遷.

還住在居林的舊同事告知, 市區開了一間咖啡廳 - Loft 67. 於是, 我以咖啡廳之名, 回到了居林.

Loft 67, 開在舊市區, 老舊的房子.
整修了的老屋, 風格與槟城喬治市的許多Cafe相似. 在居林, 卻是十分突兀, 和難能可貴的. 欽佩店主的勇氣和熱血.

Loft 67 的食物主打是自制漢堡. 由麵包到肉餅, 都由他們自己製做 (當然蔬菜不是自己種). 味道是獨特, 並且好吃的, 份量也不吝嗇.

Various burger in chicken, lamb & beef to choose from. Generous portion and delicious to my liking.

 
我們也試了它的白醬義大利麵, 沒有一般義大利麵的沉悶和奶膩, 有著一種我很喜歡卻吃不出是甚麼食材的味道 (好想跟他要recipe!).
在居林有這樣素質的食物, 它得到的絕對是滿分.

White sauce spaghetti with its unique taste. Despite the presentation, it tasted really good!

Bruschetta on a Masimo bread? Nice but not much surprise. 

餐厅里的特调 Mocktail 以各种 Monin Syrup 配制， 味道清爽。

Hot chocolate, one of my favourite.

壓軸來到了咖啡廳裡的, 咖啡.

Americano

咖啡師是老闆的弟弟, 他是否也是老闆之一, 不太清楚. 但言談間, 可知他比定是愛咖啡之人.
在咖啡師的誘惑下, 不能喝咖啡的我, 點了Latte, 據說有著最mild的咖啡元素, 適合不善於喝咖啡的我.

咖啡, 我不懂. 但卻喜歡這Latte, 奶多咖啡少的搭配. 我這才了解, 原來這就是人家所說的, 層次感.

My First Latte

 喝了咖啡會頭暈想吐的我和V, 非常雀躍我們喝了的確沒事. 這杯Latte, 更是又多加了幾分.

能在居林, 找到一間好的Cafe, 喝到一杯好的咖啡. 真是幸福之事.

Loft 67 Contact
Loft 67 located after the right bend of road after kulim old town police station/Nasi Kandar Pelita. Go straight and search for the blue house on left.
Address: 67-F Jalan Raya, 09000 Kulim
Opening Hours:
Mon - Tue: 12:00 pm - 10:30 pm
Thu - Sun: 12:00 pm - 10:30 pm
Phone: 04-490 5541
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/loft67
GPS Coordinate: N 5 22.050    E 100 33.283

LoveLocks, superb ice-cream between Chulia Street & Love Lane Penang

** 19/05/2013 Unfortunately, LoveLocks had closed down.

Happy New Year 2013 Everyone!

Today I woke up with a passion to write a post, despite I've tons of things to do. One of my resolution 2013, I can't abandon my blog!

Visited to LoveLocks at Georgetown on last Saturday after I went to Lam Wah Ee for acupuncture (actually not suppose to eat cold after that.. :p)

Lock Locks or LoveLocks is owned by my friend, Keith's younger brother and his partner. Wanted to check it out for quite some time after I listen to their business operation story.

The story that I heard is about Keith's brother had a very tasty and unforgettable ice-cream somewhere in Thailand. And in year 2012, he finally decided to produce the ice-cream himself. He learn the recipe and made it right at the upstairs of Love Locks!

I love to see people running business with passion. The reason I keep exploring.

The only flavour in-the-house is coconut, the taste truly surprise me. It had a just nice portion of coconut taste while it's still very refreshing and totally not greasy at all!

RM6 for 4 scope ice-cream & 3 toppings

They have various types of topping to choose from. It complete the ice-cream although I love it more to just had it on its own.

 They also provide free drinking water to clear your throat.

The interior

The concept of LoveLock is written on the frame on the wall.

Love Locks or "Love padlocks (also known as love locks and, in Taiwan, wish locks) are a custom by which padlocks are affixed to a fence, gate, bridge or similar public fixture by sweethearts at an increasing number of locations in the world to symbolize their everlasting love.- Wikipedia"

There are still a lot of things can be done in the shop. Maybe some snack or drinks, to make customer stay longer in the shop and maintain the crowd. The rental of that area is on a very high side,  it really worries me seeing they utilized the shop by just selling ice-cream. I do hope LoveLocks survive and a lot more people can discover this very nice self-made ice-cream shop. 

LockLocks Contact Info:
Location: The shop is located right beside the 7-eleven on Lebuh Chulia across the small lane (Love Lane)
Address: No.318, Chulia Street, Georgetown, 10200 Penang, Malaysia

Opening Hours: Mon - Sun: 11:00 am - 10:00 pm

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/lovelocksmy
Price:
Satisfying RM6 - 4 scope with 3 toppings
Flavorful RM7 - 5 scope with 4 toppings
Frenzy RM8 - 6 scope with 5 toppings (with Free Padlocks!)

Melaka Air - Melaka to Penang Flight has been stopped/discontinued

NEW Airline From Penang to Melaka -> Check out HERE!


Just got the news that Melaka Air has put the Melaka to Penang route on hold due to the conflict of agreement with FireFly. I bet it is quite a sad news for all of us. I can see lots of negative and unsatisfactory comment regarding this issue on Melaka Air Facebook. We do hope they could resolved the issue sooner than we can realized.

Melaka Air set their target to fly with their own plane and expect to resume the service route in 3 months. I wish them luck and hope I will be seeing Melaka Air plane landed at Penang International Airport real soon.

Some news reference:
http://www.nst.com.my/nation/general/melaka-air-discontinues-firefly-service-to-penang-1.162712
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2012/10/27/nation/12233740&sec=nation